Since Raúl Castro became Cuba’s “maximum leader” in July 2006, after Fidel Just a few ones among the thousands of victims of the Castros regimeCastro’s illness and retirement, the number of mysterious “accidents,” sudden mortal illnesses, alleged suicides, and attempts on the lives of political opponents has multiplied. This coincides with credibility and support that world democracies started affording the Cuban dictatorship.

Defectors confirm the Cuban regime's practice of eliminating opponents both inside and outside Cuba. The surviving archives of the former Soviet bloc also contain proof that Cuba’s intelligence services had joint training and operations to repress and eliminate the opposition with the KGB, the Stasi, and the political police of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and other totalitarian countries.

Our new report addresses these cases in a historical context with particular attention to those occurring since 2006. Part I, now published, provides examples occurring inside Cuba; Part II, coming soon, will address cases outside of Cuba.

No to impunity

The Cuban regime has consistently demonstrated its disregard for fundamental human rights including the right to life. Having employed duplicity and terror to silence its detractors for decades, it continues to enjoy widespread impunity. Individuals, governments and institutions ought to demand comprehensive investigations of the above cases. Reputable experts (local and international) must be given full access to witnesses, family members, medical records, and other material evidence and documentation. If suspicions of state involvement prove well founded, the Cuban regime should be held fully accountable.

It is a fine thing to be Honest, but it is also very important to be Right.

Winston Churchill

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Annual Reports on Religious Freedom

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission, created in 1998 by the International Religios Freedom Act (IRFA). USCIRF Commissioners are appointed by the President and the leadership of both political parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives. USCIRF's principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress.

These recommendations are formally presented through USCIRF's Annual Report. The Department of State submits these reports to Congress in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The law provides that the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, shall transmit to Congress "an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom supplementing the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom." Reports are available to the public (click on the titles below) and institutions may get free hard copies if requested.

Country chapters begin with a one-page overview of USCIRF's findings, the reasons for the country's designation by USCIRF, and priority recommendations for action. Each chapter documents events that took place over the reporting period, discusses relevant legal and human rights issues, emphasizes important elements of the bilateral relationship with the U.S., and details recommendations that would promote freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief.

The USCIRF released on April 28 its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations "countries of particular concern" or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. CPCs are "nations whose conduct marks them as the world's worst religious freedom violators and human rights abusers."